the parlor carpet while we were gone. This after noon Frank and I rode out to Tupper's with Charlie Quanbury who was going to help Tupper dip sheep, we fooled there for awhile and helped him weigh veal calf and then went over to John Wess' to see if he would make up a cement post mould like his. He was hewing a cedar stick for a brace. We were over there a ong tiome poking saorund. He said he had more work to do now than he would ever get done but if we coldn;t get any one else to make us one he would so we told him we would find out dwn at the Widespread and he said he would lend us his for a pattern. We didn;t get home till after six. Dad. had spen the after noon putting down the parlor carpet. I learned the last of the second canto of "The Lady of the Lake" to-day. I starte dit on the 25th April so didn;t take as long as I did learning the first canto two years ago I tried a little different scheme of writing it out which works better, It has been fair all day but a big thunder storm ernt around to-night.

Friday June 9th